Sources in the central Daikundi province report to Kabul Now that at least 16 families from Narmag and Miana-Qol villages of the second district of this province have been displaced to neighbouring provinces or to Iran and Pakistan and left their homes due to the threat and fear from the Taliban.
One of the displaced people, who chose to stay anonymous, told Kabul Now that, after Sewak-e-Shibar’s incident, the Taliban warned the councils and local residents in the second district of this province and asked them to introduce [to the Taliban] the people who were part of security forces or local militias in the previous government.
The Taliban have told the councils and people that if they fail to introduce the former soldiers, they [Taliban] will take action. The Taliban have also attempted to destroy the houses of some residents in the two mentioned villages, the source added.
This source said that the residents are fed up with the harassment of Mawlawi Muslim, the commander in the second district of the Taliban in the Shish area of Daikundi.
Another displaced person, who also chose to stay anonymous, told Kabul Now that Mawlawi Muslim detain and arrest family members of the former security forces and torture them under various pretexts, but people cannot speak out because of the threats and fear from the Taliban.
According to this source, some residents of Narmag and Miana-Qol villages have been forced to leave their homes.
In the meantime, Kabul Now has received a list of displaced people that shows a number of 16 families were forced to leave their homes. Some families belong to former security forces or have a close relationship with them.
Kabul Now has not been able to talk to the Taliban officials in Daikundi about this matter.
Early on Thursday morning, November 24, the Taliban stormed Sewak-e-Shibar village in Nili, the capital center of Daikundi, and attacked a house. The group’s fighters, according to reliable sources, have killed nine civilians, including four children of two Hazara families.
This incident in Daikundi has had worldwide reactions.
The Taliban Ministry of Interior described victims of the group’s attack in the central Daikundi province as “rebels”, confirming that one Taliban force has also been killed in the attack.
